Interpretation of optical substorm onset observations

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Jun 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jatp...55.1159m&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 55, no. 8, p. 1159-1170.

Physics

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Auroral Arcs, Earth Magnetosphere, Geomagnetic Tail, Magnetic Storms, Visual Observation, Ionospheric Currents, Magnetic Field Configurations, Satellite Imagery

Scientific paper

Several conclusions concerning the substorm onset region are made on the basis of auroral observations taken by the UV Viking imager. In particular, it is shown that the onset takes place in the poleward half of the region of intense diffuse precipitation. The observations are consistent with the conclusion that static magnetic field mapping places the quiet time auroral oval source region within 20 earth radii of the earth. It is also demonstrated that the large scale substorm surge is likely to be contained well within the closed field line region (with the possible exception of the eastwardmost arc system).

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